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11th. Started for the Trinity. 1 1/2 miles from Houston 100 | 11th. Started for the Trinity. 1 1/2 miles from Houston 100 | ||
on the 'Union Springs' Paid to have | on the 'Union Springs' Paid to have mineral [[?erpatus]]. [[sentence crossed out]] | ||
We had left Houston rather late in the day & got benighted, we saw a light in the distance apparently | We had left Houston rather late in the day & got benighted, we saw a light in the distance apparently | ||
in our track we approached it, & | in our track we approached it, & crack went a rifle balls. We sang out lustily, that although we were dear be were | ||
not quite^the sort of game to be taken in that way - | not quite^the sort of game to be taken in that way - | ||
I need hardly say that the light we took for a | I need hardly say that the light we took for a [[honb?]] was a pan of pine sticks, burning by some deer hunters. x | ||
They apologized to us & we | They apologized to us & we passed our way. It was very dark & we supposed from the distance we had | ||
travelled that we had rather overshot the spot we had intended to remain at for the night & neither of us had ever been | travelled that we had rather overshot the spot we had intended to remain at for the night & neither of us had ever been | ||
this road before. As yet there are no syn posts. | this road before. As yet there are no syn posts. We held a 'Convent of War'^by finding that we had no [[prorion?]] or water, but | ||
came to the conclusion to "camp out". My friend rode in a "Sulky", I was on horseback. We tethred our beasts, then got | |||
under the lee of the 'Sulky,' were amused with an occasional howl from the wolves, but^at last went to sleep. | |||
12th At day break with morning we found that we were about three miles from the settlement we had intended | |||
to have slept at. | |||
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x In a word they had "shined' our horses eyes, taking them to be those of deer. (?ide deer hunting) | |||
Revision as of 15:39, 20 August 2022
11th. Started for the Trinity. 1 1/2 miles from Houston 100 on the 'Union Springs' Paid to have mineral ?erpatus. sentence crossed out We had left Houston rather late in the day & got benighted, we saw a light in the distance apparently in our track we approached it, & crack went a rifle balls. We sang out lustily, that although we were dear be were not quite^the sort of game to be taken in that way -
I need hardly say that the light we took for a honb? was a pan of pine sticks, burning by some deer hunters. x
They apologized to us & we passed our way. It was very dark & we supposed from the distance we had travelled that we had rather overshot the spot we had intended to remain at for the night & neither of us had ever been this road before. As yet there are no syn posts. We held a 'Convent of War'^by finding that we had no prorion? or water, but came to the conclusion to "camp out". My friend rode in a "Sulky", I was on horseback. We tethred our beasts, then got under the lee of the 'Sulky,' were amused with an occasional howl from the wolves, but^at last went to sleep. 12th At day break with morning we found that we were about three miles from the settlement we had intended to have slept at.
in margin x In a word they had "shined' our horses eyes, taking them to be those of deer. (?ide deer hunting)